Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Charlotte, United States

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 2.3 km
Ascend 76 m
Descend 69 m

Explore Charlotte in United States with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in CharlotteIndividual Sights in Charlotte

Sight 1: First Ward Park

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First Ward Park is a 4.6 acre urban park in the First Ward neighborhood of Uptown Charlotte. After a national competition to attract architects, the firm Shadley Associates was selected to build the park. The park incorporates the existing Dixie's Tavern and UNCC buildings, and new construction will include an office tower, hotel, and parking deck on adjacent land.

Wikipedia: First Ward Park (EN), Website

590 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Frederick Place

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The Frederick Apartments is a historic apartment building located in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built in 1927, and is a three-story, 36-unit brick apartment house in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. The body of the building is constructed of red brick, laid up in common bond. The facade features buff-colored brick set in stretcher bond with decorative patterning in places.

Wikipedia: Frederick Apartments (Charlotte, North Carolina) (EN), Heritage Website

425 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Fourth Ward Park

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Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 15th-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in the South, and the second-most populous city in the Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida. The city is the cultural, economic, and transportation center of the Charlotte metropolitan area, whose 2020 population of 2,660,329 ranked 22nd in the United States. Metrolina is part of a sixteen-county market region or combined statistical area with a 2020 population of 2,822,352.

Wikipedia: Fourth Ward Park (Charlotte, North Carolina) (EN), Website

1173 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 4: Bechtler Museum Of Modern Art

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The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a 36,500-square-foot (3,390 m2) museum space dedicated to the exhibition of mid-20th-century modern art. The modern art museum is part of the new Levine Center for the Arts in Uptown. The museum building was designed by architect Mario Botta.

Wikipedia: Bechtler Museum of Modern Art (EN), Website

95 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: St. Peter's Catholic Church

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St. Peter’s Catholic Church is a Catholic parish church at 507 South Tryon Street in Charlotte, North Carolina. Established in 1851, it is the oldest Catholic church in Charlotte, and until 1940 was the only Catholic church in the city. St. Peter's was originally at the extreme southern limits of the city, but today it stands in the heart of uptown, across from the Mint Museum and Bechtler Museum of Modern Art and next to The Green. It is most likely the oldest surviving edifice on Tryon Street.

Wikipedia: St. Peter's Catholic Church (Charlotte, North Carolina) (EN)

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